northbound parkway close. you have to be diverted northbound on to the beltway. go north on route 1 or take interstate 95. right now you are only getting as far as the beltway. the problem continues. everything is open south. bound now we travel to silver spring and new hampshire avenue on the beltway. there's hardly a. traffic also doing well in virginia. hov suspended all its route 50 in maryland. >> a lot of metro riders still irritated about heat-related since. did yesterday >> 300 green line passengers were stuck on a high train yesterday after the training. lost power everything to stop on the tracks. the second train was sent to pick them up and the. train broke down then the passengers had to walk 300 yards along the track avoiding the third rail to the college park. station >> hot is and this is unorganized. nobody is saying anything, no representative from metro. is out here >> the passengers had to avoid the dangerous third rail as they hiked along a track. 300 yards two passengers did suffer a. injuries >> we are looking at seventh. the three degrees

northbound 5 is closed at the beltway.as a separate incident north of that at powder mill road, so that is closed also. this area is to be avoided a. we will take a look at the map to show you read the closure is. right there at the beltway at the b-w parkway. and the beltway and new hampshire avenue, looks good. no problems. in springfield 95, 395, very light volume. back to you. >> thank you. 6:23. this is a great time to be an automobile salesman or tom cruise. it's a bad time for those in the shellfish industry, however. here is rob nelson. >> topping america's money, june is busting out all over for the automobile industry. sales were up 22% last month from a year ago, driven by lower gas prices fell as well as drivers need to replace old cars. the gulf coast shrimpers are seeing the worst catches since the oil spill two years ago. many fishermen are not sure they can stay in business. in maine lobstermen have a glut, which is driving down prices to about the same as ground beef. chuck te. cheese now wears blue jeans

if you're traveling 295 northbound in maryland at i-95, all of those northbound lanes are blocked at the beltway. so let's head up to i-270. things look a lot better in that area. traveling i-270 in both directions, north and south, live look as you make your way through germantown. nice and clear. hardly any cars southbound. northbound, absolutely clear. no accidents, no issues. as you connect to the beltway in this area. again, no problems on the inner loop and outer loop in montgomery county. in fact, inner loop speeds, 56 miles per hour. ten minutes to make the drive. >>> 4:43. 74 degrees. still to come, the generous gift that's making the power outage a lot more bearable for a number of area seniors. >>> no time for sleep. the good cause that has this local man out on the golf course at t >>> yes, great. the power is on. >> here's a moment people who were left in the dark have been waiting for. when that power comes back on, norah ola celebrated when the lights came on in ore arlington home yesterday. look at this. so many others did. she was without power since late friday. she

no word on when lanes will be open northbound.e an option with i-95 northbound to avoid that accident. over to springfield, things are good, with nothing reported. hov lanes are open to all northbound except for route 50. back to you. >> sad news from the entertainment world. beloved tv actor andy griffith passed away in his home on the north carolina coach. >> 86-years old. >> to this day, that whistle causes -- cost tv viewers back to mayberry, where andy griffith starred as sheriff andy taylor. >> day now you have been caught the -- taught the golden rule? >> yes. >> do you think you have been following that role? >> gs. >> after learning of his passing, ron howard, who starred as opie, said this. griffith with his wise words and i kind drawl figured in iconic comedies about small-town america. >> we are going to take the long wait. >> the real town was griffith's home town of mt. aire, north carolina. he started off as a high school music teacher, and had his first break with iridium monologue about football. >> they had this

this is 95 northbound at 32. may start to see some delays closer to 100 in the northbound direction. this is 29 through ellicott city. north and southbound traffic in great shape. that is the latest on traffic pulse 11. tony has a check of your forecast. >> there is some fog in some areas to start the day. 72 at the airport. 70 degrees in randallstown. the humidity is pretty thick. a mixture of sun and clouds. a chance for a shower or thunderstorm this afternoon. we will check the seven-day forecast when i come back in just a few minutes. here is keith mills. >> thank you. a lot of orioles fans all but buried the birds. they are alive and well this morning. tonight they go for the sweep against cleveland. buck showalter watch the orioles win yesterday. j.j. hardy set the tone, two-run home run. zach britton was better this week period that ends the third inning. 2-0 with the bases loaded. carlos santana takes strike three. watch ryan flaherty go up. he hit two home runs this weekend. wilson betemit launches a hom

you're going to be forced off of 295 northbound. you're going to have to get on to green belt road at this time. again, that was a serious accident. it's going to be closed for a few hours. traveling on i-95 in virginia. no issues there. nice and clear. make your way past duke street. make your way into the city at this time and also if you're traveling in d.c. not seeing any accident slowing you down at this point. aaron, over to you. >> thank you. >>> unusual discovery at a security check point at vw airport. tsa ats say a woman had a bright green comb tucked away in a notebo notebook. the handle of that comb had a four-inch knife blade concealed inside. tsa says the woman was not boarding a flight but was escorting her young daughter to a date. she's allowed through but the knife was on fis indicated an cited by police. >>> cheap option for travel evers coming to gwi. spirit airlines leaving reagan national airport moving to the baltimore airport instead. the discount carrier will enits twice daily flights from d.c. to ft. lauder

so again if you're planning to head northbound, no access, northbound before the spout run parkway. we'll take a live look at the american legion bridge. that's fine heading to the southbound gw parkway. we'll take a quick look on the other side of town on the eastbound side of route 50 in maryland at route 197. only the right lane gets by. that's because the road buckled due to the heat. i'll be back in a few minutes with more traffic at 5:09. >>> metro crews are trying to restore normal green line service. >> parts of the green line were shut down after friday's derailment. engineers believe a portion of the track shifted because of the summer heat. we have the latest on how things are going this morning for commuters. good morning, delia. >> reporter: good morning, mike. pretty extreme this weather we had this weekend and the effects on our local infrastructure, that train derailment and that expanse of the rail you were talking about happened very close to this west hyattsville stop here. we're told this morning by metro that commuters on the green line should expect a short del

northbound 101 and the connector ramp to northbound 280. at the toll plaza westbound not a bad commute. westbound traffic looks good coming into san francisco and no trouble in the lower deck of the bay bridge. in the southbound northbound 20 off to a good start. it's 5:08 let's go to steve. >> thank you, sir. very good morning. happy friday. low clouds are there. it looks like they will burn off sooner and temperatures will come up a little bit. sea breeze still there. it looks like it's being cut in half. low clouds are still filling in. yesterday was pretty wide spread. and temperatures were actually sunny, pleasant, a little below average. 48 sonoma county airport. if it wasn't for the breeze it would be cooler. san rafael at 52. rewood city 52. fairfield 54. that sea breeze filled up with city mocha 99 rock tape. it has been cut in half. there is still the component of the westerly breeze. showing signs of sliding back a little bit over the next three to five days. forecast models backed off on the intensity on that for us. but it will

this is northbound 270 north of route 109. you can see traffic is trying to squeeze by to the right northbound. it is causing delays. i'm show you that in a secretary. southbound side, -- in a s.e.c. southbound side, it's attracting attention as well. we'll have a look at route 121. the backups are not far back as 121 but i would get off here and take 355 as your alternate route. let's look at the map on the northbound side of 270. you're going about 5 miles an hour past route 109. in problems on 95 coming up from woodbridge to springfield. all lanes open heading to the 14th street bridge. i'll be back with more on that accident on 270 at 5:10. >>> so many redskins have been waiting for the if irgs day of training camp. >> -- the first day of training camp. >> this is the full first squad practice. delia goncalves live at redskins park out in ashburn. good morning, delia. >> reporter: good morning, mike. what's a little heat for redskins fans honestly. they will be here in droves i can assure that it's quiet now but the park s

northbound 87 under speed limit.westbound 80 crowded through berkeley for headlights and bay bridge toll backed up to the 880 overcrossing. >>> 6:39. >> new problems for the bay area's netflix. trading underway on wall street. we have a live report from the new york stock exchange straight ahead. something we haven't seen in a while the dow is up triple digits. >>> the first funeral taking place in colorado today following that deadly theater massacre. new information about the suspected shooter and his failed love life with >>> new this morning, no bull, well actually there is a bull and he to be rescued here in northern california we'll tell you more about that. >>> welcome back. 6:43 on this hump day. clouds stingy along the coast upper 50s to middle 60s. middle to upper 60s san francisco, richmond and oakland. across the state live doppler 7 hd over last three hours showing how quiet it is maybe a few sprinkles a little drizzle near big sur. 97 fresno, 83 today in tahoe big sur cloudy and 66. low to mid 70s after

one in the city northbound 101 is not the location. northbound 280 as you approach northbound 101.a slight change as far as out of daly city. they are the ones affected by this, blocking the slow lane as you approach that interchange. we hear about serious injuries to one person, one person trapped in a car. we have a second ambulance we hear is called to the scene. we're following that at the news desk as well as the traffic center. no major slowing except for at the scene, the lighter volume. we'll track this here on the peninsula side. we continue to follow this. island drive is closed from john davy down to memorial, that stretch is closed because of an accident involving a car that hit a tree, involved six teenagers, all taken to the hospital from the scene. the investigation continues even though none of the injuries passengers at the scene. may be until 10:00 in the morning. we'll look at a live shot to see how traffic volume is. a nice flow for 880 fast scene. easy for the nimitz even though there is construction, no major slowing. 580 and 15 minutes, to the dublin intercha

and baltimore. 270 northbound after 109, and 18-wheeler over, northbound traffic stays on the right shoulder to get by. southbound is open. plenty to look at on your way out of frederick. you may want to use 355 said. adam caskey in the weather center. >> around 70 degrees all across the region. 72 in northwest d.c. 70 in germantown. in leesburg, 65. 70 in bowie and 71 la plata. get ready for the swimming pool this afternoon, highs near 100. it will feel like 105-109. heat advisory from noon until 8:00 p.m. slight chance of storms, some of which could become severe. >> thanks so much. police and neighbors have a lot of questions about a tragic accident that happened last night in prince william county. >> a four-year-old boy from the gun and then shot and killed themself. it happened yesterday on empire st. in dale city. john gonzalez has reaction. >> good morning. i can tell you that this entire neighborhood is still reeling this morning and grieving with this family. everyone still trying to figure out how something like this could absorb. a parent's worst nightmare came true in t

traveling 290 northbound. those northbound lanes blocked by the fatal accident in that area. at 193. if you're traveling 193 green belt road, you cannot get on northbound 295 northbound because of the crash there. so you're doing to have to loop around and take i-95 to continue northbound. it is nice and clear. another thing to look out for if you're traveling on rst allen boulevard on route 2. crash there involves an overturned vehicle. traveling on route 50, nice and clear. getting up early getting out to the -- crossing the bridge and heading out to peach, it's clear. here's a live look at route 50 your way towards the severn river bridge. >>> break news in the district as well this morning. investigatorsing looking into what caused the deadly fire. this happened just before 2:00 this morning near 17thnd r streets in southeast. firefighters tell us the erldery woman died in her apartment. no one else was hurt. it forced several families that were sleeping out of their beds and into the streets. >> after spending days in the dark and without air conditioning, some pepco cus

let's head over to i-95 also in maryland, northbound. the ramp to westbound 100 has an accident there and you're going to find that ramp shut down. i'm back in ten minutes with an update on both of these accidents. for now, back over to you both. >> all right, danelle, thank you. >>> another eerie twist involving the suspected gunman in the tragedy in colorado. police confirm james holmes sent a package to a faculty member at the university of colorado medical campus. it arrived on monday. police are not saying what was inside. meanwhile, some of holmes' neighbors are finally allowed to return home. police say he rigged his apartment with explosives shortly before last week's shootings, and some of the victims still recovering from that shooting will not have to deal with the costly medical bills when they get out of the hospital. some of the hospitals treating those victims say they will limit or wipe out their medical bills altogether. >> some of the funerals for those killed in colorado are being held this week. today, 23-year-old mic

headed northbound against our rush hour flow, this is where we have the activity the northbound stretch of 270 shut down at 109. traffic coming northbound, better bet, just bail out early. 3 # #, use that as the workaround. southbound, your lanes are open. no problems for you guys as you work your way south of i-07 headed back into germantown. that's a check of your fox 5 on-timetraffic. imetraffic. >>> you hear the music and you know what that means. it means it all begins today, redskins training camp kicks off this morning. >> this is mike shanahan's third season and it is arguably his biggest yet. rg iii spoke to the media yesterday and he says he is ready to try to help turn the franchise around following last year's 5-11 son. >> whether ranked first in the poll or fourth in our division, i don't think anybody in the locker room cares. with know with we have to do to be successful. let your play do the talking. i'm very proud to be a part of this franchise. >> here is the schedule for training camp this week. 3:00 p.m. practices are open to the public today, tomorrow and saturday.

this time we'll take a look here 270 northbound. you can see it's slow and southbound as well past the accident southbound lanes remain open. i'll be back with more traffic coming up in my next report in a few minutes. back to you guys. >> 6:11. see you then. >>> fairfax county police want to know what started an argument between two roommates because it ended with both men dead in an apparent murder- suicide. >> all of this began last night in oakton, virginia. the two men lived on trevor house drive just off germantown road. police say 43-year-old man was murdered by his roommate. that man is 27-year-old alexander rios. he then took his own life. the shootings remain under investigation. >>> the man convicted of killing uva lacrosse player yeardley love is claiming misconduct. they say the commonwealth attorney never disclosed the love family plan to file a civil lawsuit against huguely. a judge will consider the request at the end of the month. >>> when it comes to maryland lawmakers talking about expanding gambling in the state,

this is northbound gw parkway.ll of your northbound lanes are blocked because of the downed tree between memorial circle all the way to route 123. also, accident slowing you down, this one i-270 southbound, just past route 28, west montgomery avenue. the left lane is blocked there. also, traveling northbound i-95 at 234. we have a car off the roadway here and you can see police are blocking your left lane. a flatbed has arrived to the scene, hopefully to tow that car out of the roadway. your delays, though, out of stafford northbound slow all the way past this accident here. back in ten minutes with another update. angie and aaron, over to you. >> thanks, danella. >>> he may be out of jail right now, but george zimmerman is still finding himself confined this morning. >>> also ahead, the fight over a new gas station could lead to big changes in your own neighborhood. >>> plus, why man's best friend could help your children live healthier lives. it's 6:13. if only my dry skin was as soft as his. [ female announcer ]

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we'll end with a look at 395 northbound. to report here as you head to the 14th street bridge. i'll keep you posted on that situation at 270 at 4:39. >>> just an awful story this morning. so far no charges have been filed after a 4-year-old boy shot himself. >> this is so incredibly upsetting. police say he was playing with the gun yesterday afternoon in woodbridge. that's when he somehow shot himself in the head. gary nurenberg explains. >> reporter: here's how. the boy climbed into an unlocked pickup truck parked in front of his home by a family member, found a handgun police described as unsecured, pulled the trigger and was struck with such force, his little body was thrown partially through the rear window. that's the pickup truck being taken away for examination of evidence. it was parked in front of the family rental home on empire street where the little boy's scooter remained wednesday evening. >> i seen the baby, you know. we see him every day playing around with the bicycle and everything. >> reporter: next-door n

closed is the george washington northbound. traffic is forced to go across memorial bridge and into town. a tree has fallen on the parkway. you can see the wet pavement on bridge.ican legion the light volume is helping us out for now. >> now families and business the worke starting off from lastsing damage storms. >> this is a building in fredericksburg. people say they are lucky to be alive. >> take a look at this dance studio. inside about two cheerleaders, teachers, and parents. the windows blew out and was ordered to the front of the building. andhe saw the funnel everybody to get into the room. >> we saw it. some of the parents were as they pulled the kids safety. nobody was home here. the roof of the strip mall was off.d equipment when flying through windows. >> we just started and we just lost it. >> i cannot even tell you what we're feeling. we still are in a state of shock. >> there is other damage in the county but nothing like the here. reporting for abc 7 news. three lanes on eastbound route 50 foreclosed because of

let's go to springfield on the northbound side of i-95. this is looking great. no problems to report as you come up from dumfries right now but i think the volume is going to increase quickly as people try and head out the door to deal with the wet road conditions and head to work early this morning. let's go back over to our maps this time to 270 on the southbound side. no problems out of frederick as you head to clarksburg but southbound route 109 before route 28, it is shut down as well with some emergency road repairs so be aware of that. on the southbound side of route 109 we'll take a live look closer into germantown. southbound 270 just wet but still wet at father hurley boulevard to the point where the rains divide. i'lli'll be back with more traffic but if your morning commute takes ow to route 50 near 197 by annapolis, you might want to make other travel arrangements. the state highway administration says part of the road is buck himmed because of the extreme heat and that -- buckled because of the extreme heat and forced the closure of three of the fo

way northbound on 270. hazmat team has been called to the scene to help mop up the beer. can you exit at 109. heading up towards frederick, you may just want to bail out coming from germantown and use 355 as the workaround. some traffic is able to get by to the right. a delay is starting to form. if you are traveling southbound on 270, your lanes are open. so no problems for you. anticipate rubbernecking delays because there is a lot of flashing lights up here and that will slow your roll southbound on 270. lanes are open if you are traveling the top stretch of the beltway between college park and bethesda although on the inner loop, they are being canning for i astalled car near new hampshire avenue. eastbound 66, a better ride for you coming in out of manassas. no problems to report here. now receiving word of accident activity possibly involving yet another overturned tractor- trailer on the ramp from northbound 95 to westbound route 100. that's a check of your fox 5 on-timetraffic. imetraffic. >>> a sho

delays i-270 northbound start in clarksburg. may be best to jump on 355 heading north and then you can connect to 80 and then reconnect to i-270, if that's what you'd like to do. let's head down to virginia, i-66 still a bit slow. and hopefully, this construction will be clearing soon. only the right lane gets you by the road work, and this is in between nutley and 50. this is the view as you make your way past 50, heavy on the brakes, and i'm hoping that's because they're picking up the cones as we speak. i'll update you in ten minutes. if you're taking the rails, no issues to report. aaron and eun, over to you. >> thank you, danella. >> 5:03 now. new this morning, investigators are trying to figure out what caused a southwest d.c. apartment building to catch fire. it broke out late last night on first street, just blocks from nationals park. firefighters say a woman suffered minor injuries trying to get six children out of the burning building. fortunately, they got out safely. >>> police are calling a double shooting in fairf

a tree has come down northbound the george watson parkway at run. metrorail is reporting normal service systemwide. >> thank you, lisa. some breaking news. police exchanged gunfire with a vernon.in mount road.s happens near fry have an update. >> good morning. fairfax county police say they remain here for quite some time investigating. still an active crime scene in mount vernon. just before 11:30 last night, officers sought two say were acting suspicious. officers approached those men those men started away.g police said the officers began to chase the man and there was kind of altercation. police say that suspect pulled out a handgun and started firing at police. the officers fired back hitting the victim. police say he later died from his injuries. we're not been told that suspects identity. these officers were not injured. police are still looking for the suspect and they still remain out on the scene collecting evidence. they are waiting for the sun to collect even more evidence. this intersection behind us closed for quite some time. vernon.g

this is a live picture of an 18- wheeler northbound to 70 after 109. it rolled over and the 4:00 hour spilling beer on the highway. this is an aerial view of the crash. trapp get by to the -- traffic gets applied to the right. -- traffic gets by to the right. >> still to come, an area dealer says crude palm put him out of business. >> it could be a big break in the search for two missing iowa girls. coming up next, a video the share of >> this is "good morning washington" on your side. >> there are looming defense cuts that senators are warning the public about. it will hold a town hall meetings in virginia, north carolina, and new hampshire which are states that have military installations. >> new developments in the case of the cousins from iowa. surveillance video has been released that police say show the girls on their bikes the day they disappeared. the bikes were eventually found near a lake but the girls have not been seen since. the police are investigating this as an abduction. >> a murder case in missouri turned violent outside the court roo

northbound is blocked between the exit and the on-ramp to 109. the headlights coming at us on the left is southbound out of frederick kempe towards montgomery county. i spoke with maryland state police and they said it's one minor injury and the tractor- trailer is loaded with beer. >> thank you. you still have time to sign up for the chance to win cold cash this summer. let's go to our web site on facebook. win $200. we will announce the winner on july 30 on "good morning washington." she did say your name first when she mentioned beer. 71 degrees outside. >> new details on the accused gunman in the movie theater shooting in colorado. a notebook that he allegedly mailed to professors at the university of colorado. >> police searching for the man who kidnapped the mother of oriole's legend cal ripken jr. at gunpoint. 74-year-old violet ripken was abducted from her garage in aberdeen. eastbound her and forced her into the back seat of her car. for 24 hours he drove her around using your credit card and asked her for money. then he left. >> it seem

this time to virginia northbound of 95.re no delays trying to get to woodbridge, and we'll take a live look very light up to the 14th street bridge. all of your lanes are open. an update again at 6:43. >>> monika around noon today, there will be a 50 gun salute at arlington. a more quiet sound the sound of taps played every day. >> cbs this morning has a special look at taps, as that song turns 150 years old. jeff joins us now. happy fourth of july. >> it is kind of a nonfourth right? middle of the work week. we are going to take to you arlington national cemetery. the salute, as you know, composed 150 years ago this month. we'll see how it came to be and what makes this 24-note melody the perfect brewingal -- brewingal -- the perfect call. happy fourth of july guys. i hope you have a good one. >> it would be better if we had this middle of the week day off. that would be a real treat. good to see you this morning, jeff. >> you too. >>> the show will not go on in several montgomery county communities. they have canceled on

traveling northbound gw parkway, all your northbound lanes are blocked. this is from memorial drive to spout run parkway. this is due to a downed tree. again, northbound lanes are blocked gw parkway at memorial. now, let's head over to burfoot lane in reston. it's closed between lawyers road to stuart mill road due to high-standing water. also seeing high-standing water 395 northbound in the hov lanes, just prior to the 14th street bridge. you're seeing high-standing water there. lanes are open, but you are going to want to slow down. i'm back in ten with another update. angie and aaron, over to you. >> thank you, danella. >>> breaking news in fairfax county. police are on the scene of a deadly shooting involving one of their own officers. police tell us two officers noticed two men acting suspiciously around 11:30 last night in the fry road area of mt. vernon. when police approached the two men, they say they ran and a fight ensued and one of the men fired at the officers but missed. the officers returned fire, hitting and killing one of the men. we do h

a slow go northbound along 210 headed up to the beltway.he crew in sky fox made their way over to the beltway at new hampshire avenue. accident activity appear to be clear. still going it find delays on the inner loop as you i don't recollect with our way from georgia avenue headed over towards college park. that's a check of your fox 5 on-timetraffic. -timetraffic. >> thank you. >>> the rumors, they were true. twilight star kristin stewart issued a public apology for cheating on boyfriend and costar robert pattinson. stewart had an affair with her snow white and the huntsman director rupert sanders. the news and photographic proof first reported by us weekly. in the late issue, the magazine published pictures of stewart and sanders. he has also issued a public apology. >>> an event way a funny fame but it has a serious goal. >> all right. the ymca's thing ama jig convention is all about building muscles and minds. we are live in prince georges county with more. ♪ ♪ ♪ [ male announcer ] virtual wallet can help you be that person who's good

northbound traffic is blocked now at the beltway. accident activity occurred shortly after 4:30 this morning at greenbelt road. traffic coming northbound is forced onto outer loop of the beltway. if you are coming southbound on the baltimore-washington parkway, accident activity here at powder mill coming in out of laurel. traveling between baltimore and d.c., your better bet is to stick with i-59 and use that as -- with i-95 and use that as your alternate. >>> the clean-up continues. >> and so dot-com lant about not having power. melanie alnwick has the latest. >> reporter: we are here off of river road in bethesda. i am standing on nevis road and across from me is beach tree road. it is taped off here. can you not turn left or right depending on which side of river road you are coming on to to any of the side streets. it is a major intersection that still does not have power. still 94 intersections in the county without power. so you will run across situations like that as you go around. for many people, they are going to be spendi

take colesville road instead to continue northbound. heading down i-95, northbound at lorton blocking the right lane out of the roadway. i'll give you a live look right now if you're traveling from prince william parkway. prince william parkway, lanes are open northbound as well as southbound. nice and clear this morning. about 64 miles per hour. 13 minutes to drive from prince william parkway to the capital beltway. here's a look at duke street, very light volume. in fact, in both directions. eun, over to you. >>> today the suspect in the colorado movie theater shooting will be in court. james holmes will be formally charged in that shooting spree that killed a dozen people and injured 58 others. leanne greg is live in centennial, colorado, with more on today's hearing. leanne, good morning to you. >> good morning, eun. this will be his second court appearance. last week he was read his initial rights. today he will be formally charged with possibly hundreds of counts. a court documents indicate that he will be charged with 12 first de

from 95 northbound in to the fort mc henry tunnel. use harbor tunnel because of an earlier accident. 695, bel air road, so far looking good. smooth sailing on bel air. speeds up to 65 plus miles per hour. again, only issue being 95 northbound at the fort mc henry tunnel. . >>> the totals stand at 200,000 customers with power outages. megan pringle is live in towson. one of the areas hardest hit. clean sup going slowly. >> reporter: it's going slowly. it's generally a quiet neighborhood. if you talk to frustrated neighbors they will say it's been anything but because cars have been turning around because the road is blocked up. crews are working to clean up the damage. see the tape is up. the reason why, the tree fell over on to power lines. it's not only a driving hazard, it's also dangerous. i want to bring ronnie oliver here, he has been here for 12 hours, telling people you can't drive down the road. people are getting frustrated. >> yes, ma'am. the roads are dangerous. you have seen bge crews. >> they came out at 2:00 in the morni

northbound lanes still blocked at 109.nly the right shoulder lane gets you by, the overturned tractor-trailer in the median. 270 still jammed out of frederick. best bet is 355. let's head to i-95 in lorton, heavy on the kbraekz in this area. slow out of prince william parkway. your travel speed to the beltway, 36 miles per hour, that drive taking 21 minutes. and in silver spring, good news as you travel along university boulevard at arcola. had a crash in this area. it's now clear. travel lanes are open westbound and eastbound. back in ten minutes with another look at traffic. eun, over to you. >> danella, thank you. >>> 6:33. a family this morning is mourning the loss of a 4-year-old boy who shot and killed himself when he found a gun. prince william county police say the boy found a gun in a pickup truck outside a home on empire street in dale city yesterday afternoon. police say he died from a gunshot to the head. they say his family was inside the home at the time. neighbors heard the shot. >> to work out and i heard a

crews have reopened the road northbound on the gw parkway. more on traffic coming up once again at 6:18. >>> time 6:11. u.n. special envoy kofi annan is in syria this morning for a surprise visit. >> his goal is to get his peace plan back on track. susan mcginnis has the latest. >> reporter: kofi annan's convoy pulled into a secure hotel in damascus and will meet with syrian president bashar al- assad. >> the government of syria and all parties on the ground must recommit for the cyst-point -- to the six-point plan. >> reporter: the annan plan called for a cease-fire and for the government to withdraw its troops from populated areas, but in the three months since the plan was agreed to, the fighting has only worsened. >> violations of human rights continue to take place. >> reporter: assad blames the u.s. >> [ indiscernible ] >> reporter: the obama administration is coming under sharp criticism from some on capitol hill who say the u.s. isn't doing enough to remove assad from power. >> my question is to the secretary of state and the presiden

northbound traffic is stopped at the steel bridge. due to a. watch for an accident clearing on the west side outer loop. majorlook at 895, showing delays due to. the northbound. lingering delays on the west side all the way to 795. john, let's look at the weather. >> you can see by those traffic

let's take a live look in springfield on the northbound side of 95. coming up from woodbridge to springfield. on the northbound side a little bit of sunshine but not really causing any problems. main and hov lanes to the 14th street bridge. a quick look at another map, i want to let you know everything is doing well. route 5 out of brandywine and over to andrews air force base. we'll go to the north side of town at 6:25. >>> it is 6:19. coming up next in sports, learn how far back the gnats are turning the clock back tonight. >>> right now it's time for another check on the question of the morning. 75% of families on vacation do which of these things. is it a, turn around to get something they forgot? b, drive to their destination or c, get less sleep than they do during a normal week? >> no vacation for our facebook friends. diana says it is all three. for me it's a. >> keep posting your guesses.

let me show you where it is on the ma'am, northbound 270 -- the map, northbound 270. look at all the red. that's causing 5 miles an hour backup. you're not used to that this time of the morning. southbound flow will attract some attention. i'll keep you posted on that situation. we'll go over to another map, this time on the north side of town. outer loop of the beltway leaving 95 toward new hampshire avenue, there had been overnight construction. that should be cleared up now. in the meantime you're looking okay as you head westbound on the beltway toward silver spring. i'll be back with more traffic in a few minutes. but first, metro is getting part of $787 million designed to modernize transportation across the country. the federal transit administration is giving it a $1.5 million grant to improve bus stops in d.c., maryland and virginia. that will cover the cost of things like new benches, bus shelters, ramps and signs to give riders real time updates on bus schedules. pretty cool. >> sounds good, monika. see you in just a little bit. >>> alexandria's waterfront

northbound 95 at the fort mchenry, the right tube maine's block. harford county, pulaski h ighway, a crash. 97 remains closed at monticello avenue a downed t. this is 95 near the fort mchenry tunnel. >> a much needed reprieve from some of the heat. >> it will feel better. 92 for high temperature today. >> thanks for joining us for 11 news today. >> we will be back with a live update at 7:25. >> have a good

earlier problem towards golden gate bridge northbound 1 at macarthur tunnel cleared. the approach to the bay bridge roadwork scheduled right now on westbound 80 scheduled out towards the west grand avenue overcrossing that is scheduled until 5:00 this morning in addition to that, also found the left lanes blocked on the upper deck of the bay bridge on the incline section that should be cleared with the lanes blocked it is not causing delays. also check out the san mateo bridge, no problems right now, no major accidents. >>> just about 4:42. >>> next, breaking for whales. reaction from bay area ship captains on new speed limits. >>> police officer rescued after a fall over a niagara falls cliff. we'll show you how firefighters pulled him to safety. >>> stuck in a well. this bull was freed after being trapped for hours. we'll show you how they did it. >> and that's no bull.3q every day, an average of 5,000 people switch from cascade to finish dishwasher detergent. that's about 150,000 a month, over 2 million people so far. with finish quantum you get incredibly clean, s

northbound traffic is able to get by. traveling the inner loop of the beltway in maryland on southbound 95, 495, accident activity here at ritchie marlboro road. if you are traveling inbound along route 4 rae approaching mount harmony road, accident activity there at ward road. crash on the inner loop once again as you make your way through virginia. accident activity at 236 involving a tractor-trailer. only the center of the roadway is able to get by. that's a check of your fox 5 on-time traffic. >>> an international hunt is on for a man who is now one of the fbi's most wanted. >> he is accused of kidnapping his two children from prince george's county last fall and taking them to the middle east for good. fox 5's will thomas spoke with the children's grandmother about this whole painful ordeal. >> it was devastating and very gut wrenching when you realize that we were told you will never see them again. >> reporter: a grandmother left in disbelief. her daughter's ex-husband exercised his visitation rights and picked up

for now, avoid the ramp to northbound 95 to westbound 100. problems on monument street because of a sinkhole. light street is closed between baltimore and lombard. here is it live view of traffic on 795 at owings mills. southbound traffic moving very well. that is the latest on traffic pulse 11. >> police continued to search for the suspect who reportedly abducted cal ripken jr.'s mother at gunpoint. >> the bizarre story of what happened is starting to unfold. kim dacey is live with details. >> good morning. police say the suspect is a white man in his late 40's and early 40's. they say he should be considered armed and dangerous. police say a government showed up at the home between 7:00 a.m. and 8:00 a.m. tuesday morning and forced her into her own car at gunpoint. the gunmen blindfolded ripken and drove her to unknown locations in the area appeared the car was spotted in baltimore county. that was when she was officially reported missing. somebody noticed her waving a white cloth and came to her aid. no ransom notes have been found. they a

northbound 680. accident right here, car went into a retaining rail there and now the person is stuck in the car can't open the door. we'll track that activity. westbound 580 slowing. 20-minute drive heading over to the dublin interchange. send it back to you. >> 6:21. time for a check on the business and tech world and all the talk in silicon valley is about apple. >> shareholders got caught flat footed by announcement that sale of the iphone is slowing. >> why would they be caught flat footed when apple said exactly what we said they would say. we were talking about this very idea this time exactly yesterday. apple said it sold far fewer iphone 4ss than vaflts had hoped. that's because people are waiting to buy the iphone 5. apple never confirmed the existence of the iphone 5 but we know it's coming. shares fell 5% right after the news. apple missed estimates for only the second time and that's serious business. now there are two kinds of estimates. what analysts are paid to predict what we call th

northbound 95 all lanes are open leaving woodbridge into springfield. we'll take a live look on the northbound side. traffic is moving well. 395 as well. just a bit heavy in landmark but that's really your slowest stretch right there. back over to the maps and this time to the north side. looking good on the outer loop. a little slow through bethesda but no big deals here. we'll take another live look outside, this time at the wilson bridge south of town. traffic moving well both directions oxon hill and alexandria. i'll be back with more traffic at 6:58. back to you. >>> this flooded part of the district is finally drying up this morning. this is what it looked like last night along rhode island avenue near north capitol street. streets turned into a flooded mess when the storm just parked itself over the city and dumped all of that rain on us. there's still a few pepco residents in the district pout power this morning. >> we had two to three hours of heavy downpours not moving much. it extended from tysons, mclean, the district, even parts of southern

trying to get northbound on 2995 through this area. also been a problem on 395. let me show you what it looks like on our traffic camera where there was an overturned truck on the ramp from northbound 395. they are dealing with it as we speak. let me show you the delay right now on the northbound side of 395. this is unusual. usually you have the southbound slow traffic, but this time it's northbound trying to get past. i'll be back in a half an hour to give you another update on area roads. back to you guys. >> thanks, monica. a lot of folks are complaining about how long it has been taking the power companies to get the lights back on, but could it be soon to offer so much complaint about pepco if bruce leshan is in bethesda and he answered that question. bruce. >> yeah, derek. that is one of the big, big questions here. three days after the storm, it seems like pepco is falling behind the other utilities in the area in terms of trying to get people back online. the big question, one of the other big questions tonight is whether regulators, the people that can

northbound travel speed, about 63 miles per hour. taking 13 minutes from prince william parkway to the capital beltway. continuing on to 395, things look good here as well. washington boulevard, your travel lanes nice and open in both directions making your way north and south. northbound from the beltway to the 14th street bridge, about 56 miles per hour. that drive taking you about 12 minutes. i'm back in ten with a look at your rails. >>> that ball is jacked to right field. see you later! upper deck for adam l first6sb8o >> pla stands at four. they man handled rec mets 5-2 last night thanks to that towering home run by adam laroche. the nats remain in first place by 4 1/2 games and are tied for the second best record in all of baseball. month÷jw9'll go for Ñ . likend out8c series úícann"dg0 robeÑ& e ys"trop right price. ja series0aw100th ofldÑ/?b off on august 2nd out at camden yards in./óc0a+n2zjp paidpc& frazier owns that trophy. he said he is auctioning it off to celebrate the 100th anniversary of that title and the opening of

this is along i-95 in virginia northbound at fairfax county parkway. two lanes getting you by if you stick to the left and crash is along the right side here. you can see the fire department there. they have the right lanes blocked. again, if you are traveling in this area, please slow down and use caution as you pass the crash in this area. continuing northbound, connecting to beltway, no issues in virginia. in fact, making way from van dorn on the outer loop, travel lanes are open in both directions. back in ten minutes with an update on the crash along i-95 and a look at rails. over to you. >>> 5:53 now. a giant night for the national league at the major league baseball's all-star game. >> a pitch ripped into left field. back at the wall. this one is gone. >> a home run in the fourth to help the national league to an 8-0 route of the american league. the nats all-stars helped the cause as well with gonzalez and straussburg pitching. where is it? there it is. behind you. the win means the national league gets home field in the world series. that's th

we'll keep you posted on the delays on northbound 880. 580 might be a better alternate, depending onw long that is out there. bay bridge toll still light, no major trouble. spare the air day, if you can take mass transit, all reporting no major delays. >>> new this morning santa rosa police investigating a shooting incident outside a restaurant that was the scene of a fatal shooting last december was 2:00 this morning at the bar on santa rosa avenue. police heard gunshots they found one person injured a number of potential witnesses. we are still waiting for the details. last december one person died and another wounded when a fistfight at closing time escalated into gun violence. >>> oakland police are investigating a robbery and shooting near the oakland zoo it happened 9:00 last night on 107th and macarthur beautiful. police say someone tried to rob two victims. those victims resisted, that's when police say the would be robber opened fire the victims at the hospital injuries not life-threatening and the gunman on the loose. >>> police in davis trying to figure out who left a swas

one on the northbound side of the j.f.x. at guilford avenue.his is 95 at white marsh creek pretty heavy. >> it will be kind of warm. we have the lower humidity. 89 today. 89 tomorrow. a chance for some rain next week. >> thanks for joining us for 11 news today. >> we will be back with a live update at 7:25. >> have a good one. here you go little man. [ humming ] [ babbling ] the cheerios bandit got you again? [ both laugh ] ♪ the one and only, cheerios ...and now... you! [ giggles ] ♪ the one and only, cheerios

northbound traffic being diverted off of the beltway. southbound coming in from columbia and jessup, your lanes are open. that's a check of your fox 5 on-timetraffic. -timetraffic. >> thank you. >>> first at 5:00 a.m. right now, breaking news from the district. an overnight fire claims a life in southeast. the fire broke out in an apartment building in the 1600 block of 17th street. that was around 1:30 this morning. fire officials have not yet told us anything about the age or the gender of the victim. the causes of the fire is still under investigation. >>> we've been talking about it all morning. there are still tens of thousands of people still in the dark this morning in the wake of friday's storms. >> pepco is expected to update its time line on getting power restored sometime later today. melanie alnwick is live with the latest on this. good morning. >> reporter: good morning. progress again in the neighborhoods is slow coming especially for people here in montgomery county. concentrations in bethesda where we are here, rockville,

no problems there, and this is 95 northbound at springfield.s are lighter than formal, right, howard? hov restrictions are in effect pip'll be back at 6:58 with more. back to you. >> all right. hazy, hot and humid. we can expect it again. >> you sore big, i'm standing on -- you are so big, i'm standing on this to help. >> thanks. >> you said it will be warm today but boy, saturday is the big day. >> we'll be up to 100 today, i want to caution you saturday might be 104, 105, a dangerously hot day as opposed to this dangerously hot day. temperatures top out near 100 with heat index values at 105, 107. so we have the threat once again with problems if you are not taking care of yourself. here's the day planner. we'll have sunny skies. isolated storm is possible later this afternoon. temperatures warm quickly in the upper 80s by 9:00. we'll hang out at 100 or maybe even 101 thissage noon. this morning, we've watched a few storms south of town and a couple of severe storms overnight. everything has fallen apart this morning. reston 69 the cool spot.